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26 [a]Mene, God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it;

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Footnotes

  1. 5:26–28 Daniel interprets these three terms by a play on the words: Mene, connected with the verb meaning to number; Tekel, with the verb meaning to weigh; Peres, with the verb meaning to divide. There is also a play on the last term with the word for Persians.

26 “Here is what these words mean:

Mene[a]: God has numbered the days(A) of your reign and brought it to an end.(B)

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  1. Daniel 5:26 Mene can mean numbered or mina (a unit of money).